Value-Based Health Care Delivery Professor Michael E. Porter Harvard Business School Tuck School of Business April 23, 2010 This presentation draws on Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg: Redefining Health Care: Creating Value-Based Competition on Results, Harvard Business School Press, May 2006, and How Physicians Can Change the Future of Health Care, Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007; 297:1103:1111. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the permission of Michael E. Porter and Elizabeth Olmsted Teisberg. Further information about these ideas, as well as case studies, can be found on the website of the Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness at http://www.isc.hbs.edu. 1
Principles of Value-Based Health Care Delivery The central goal in health care must be value for patients, not access, volume, convenience, or cost containment Value = Health outcomes Costs of delivering the outcomes Outcomes are the full set of patient health outcomes over the care cycle Costs are the total costs of care for the patient s condition, not just the cost of a single provider or a single service How to design a health care system that dramatically improves patient value 2
Principles of Value-Based Health Care Delivery Quality improvement is the key driver of cost containment and value improvement, where quality is health outcomes - Prevention - Early detection - Right diagnosis - Right treatment to the right patient - Early and timely treatment - Treatment earlier in the causal chain of disease - Rapid cycle time of diagnosis and treatment - Less invasive treatment methods - Fewer complications - Fewer mistakes and repeats in treatment - Faster recovery - More complete recovery - Less disability - Fewer relapses or acute episodes - Slower disease progression - Less need for long term care - Less care induced illness Better health is the goal, not more treatment Better health is inherently less expensive than poor health 3
Value-Based Health Care Delivery The Strategic Agenda 1. Organize into Integrated Practice Units around the Patient s Medical Condition (IPUs) Including primary and preventive care for distinct patient populations 2. Measure Outcomes and Cost for Every Patient 3. Move to Bundled Prices for Care Cycles 4. Integrate Care Delivery Across Separate Facilities 5. Grow by Expanding Excellent IPUs Across Geography 6. Create an Enabling Information Technology Platform 4
1. Organize into Integrated Practice Units Migraine Care in Germany Existing Model: Organize by Specialty and Discrete Services New Model: Organize into Integrated Practice Units (IPUs) Imaging Centers Outpatient Physical Therapists Imaging Unit Primary Care Physicians Outpatient Neurologists Inpatient Treatment and Detox Units Primary Care Physicians West German Headache Center Neurologists Psychologists Physical Therapists Day Hospital Essen Univ. Hospital Inpatient Unit Outpatient Psychologists Network Neurologists Network Neurologists Source: Porter, Michael E., Clemens Guth, and Elisa Dannemiller, The West German Headache Center: Integrated Migraine Care, Harvard Business School Case 9-707-559, September 13, 2007 5
Integrating Across the Cycle of Care Breast Cancer INFORMING AND ENGAGING MEASURING ACCESSING 6
Integrating Across the Cycle of Care Breast Cancer 7
IPUs and Value 8
Volume and Experience in a Medical Condition Drive Patient Value The Virtuous Circle of Value Better Results, Adjusted for Risk Faster Innovation Improving Reputation Greater Patient Volume in a Medical Condition Rapidly Accumulating Experience Costs of IT, Measurement, and Process Improvement Spread over More Patients Greater Leverage in Purchasing Wider Capabilities in the Care Cycle, Including Patient Engagement Rising Capacity for Sub-Specialization Better Information/ Clinical Data More Fully Dedicated Teams More Tailored Facilities Rising Process Efficiency Volume and experience have an even greater impact on value in an IPU structure than in the current system 9
Fragmentation of Hospital Services Sweden DRG Number of admitting providers Average percent of total national admissions Average admissions/ provider/ year Average admissions/ provider/ week Knee Procedure 68 1.5% 55 1 Diabetes age > 35 80 1.3% 96 2 Kidney failure 80 1.3% 97 2 Multiple sclerosis and 78 1.3% 28 cerebellar ataxia 1 Inflammatory bowel 73 1.4% 66 disease 1 Implantation of cardiac 51 2.0% 124 pacemaker 2 Splenectomy age > 17 37 2.6% 3 <1 Cleft lip & palate repair 7 14.2% 83 2 Heart transplant 6 16.6% 12 <1 Source: Compiled from The National Board of Health and Welfare Statistical Databases DRG Statistics, Accessed April 2, 2009. 10
2. Measuring Outcomes and Cost for Every Patient Patient Compliance Patient Initial Conditions Processes Indicators (Health) Outcomes Protocols/ Guidelines E.g., Hemoglobin A1c levels for diabetics 11
The Outcome Measures Hierarchy Tier 1 Health Status Achieved Survival Degree of health/recovery Tier 2 Process of Recovery Time to recovery or return to normal activities Disutility of care or treatment process (e.g., discomfort, complications, adverse effects, errors, and their consequences) Tier 3 Sustainability of Health Sustainability of health or recovery and nature of recurrences Long-term consequences of therapy (e.g., careinduced illnesses) 12
Survival Degree of recovery / health Time to recovery or return to normal activities Disutility of care or treatment process (e.g., treatment-related discomfort, complications, adverse effects, diagnostic errors, treatment errors) Sustainability of recovery or health over time Long-term consequences of therapy (e.g., care-induced illnesses) The Outcome Measures Hierarchy Breast Cancer Survival rate (One year, three year, five year, longer) Degree of remission Functional status Breast conservation Depression Time to remission Time to functional status Nosocomial infection Nausea/vomiting Febrile neutropenia Cancer recurrence Sustainability of functional status 13 Suspension of therapy Failed therapies Limitation of motion Depression Incidence of Fertility/pregnancy secondary cancers complications Brachial Premature plexopathy osteoporosis Initial Conditions/Risk Factors Stage of disease Type of cancer (infiltrating ductal carcinoma, tubular, medullary, lobular, etc.) Estrogen and progesterone receptor status (positive or negative) Sites of metastases Previous treatments Age Menopausal status General health, including comorbidities Psychological and social factors
100 Adult Kidney Transplant Outcomes, U.S. Center Results, 1987-1989 90 80 Percent 1 Year Graft Survival 70 60 50 40 Number of programs: 219 Number of transplants: 19,588 1 year graft survival 79.6% 16 greater than predicted survival (7%) 20 worse than predicted survival (10%) 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 Number of Transplants 14
100 Adult Kidney Transplant Outcomes, U.S. Center Results, 1998-2000 90 80 Percent 1 Year Graft Survival 70 60 50 40 1 year graft survival 90.9% 10 greater than predicted survival (4.5%) 14 worse than predicted survival (6.4%) 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 Number of Transplants 15
100 Adult Kidney Transplant Outcomes U.S. Center Results, 2005-2007 90 80 Percent 1 Year Graft Survival 70 60 50 Number of programs: 240 Number of transplants: 38,515 1 year graft survival: 93.2% 16 greater than expected graft survival (6.6%) 19 worse than expected graft survival (7.8%) 40 0 200 400 600 800 Number of Transplants 16
Aspiration Cost Measurement Cost should be measured for each patient, aggregated across the full cycle of care Cost should be measured for each medical condition (which includes common co-occurring conditions), not for all services The cost of each activity or input attributed to a patient should reflect that patient s use of resources (e.g. time, facilities, service), not average allocations The only way to properly measure cost per patient is to track the time devoted to each patient by providers, facilities, support services, and other shared costs Reality Most providers track charges not costs Most providers track cost by billing category, not for medical conditions Most providers cannot accumulate total costs for particular patients Most providers use arbitrary or average allocations, not patient specific allocations 17
3. Move to Bundled Prices for Care Cycles Fee for service Bundled reimbursement for medical conditions Global capitation Global budgeting 18
What is Bundled Payment? Total package price for the care cycle for a medical condition Includes responsibility for avoidable complications Medical condition capitation The bundled price should be severity adjusted What is Not Bundled Payment Prices for short episodes (e.g. inpatient only, procedure only) Separate payments for physicians and facilities Pay-for-performance bonuses Medical Home payment for care coordination DRGs can be a starting point for bundled models 19
Bundled Payment in Practice Hip and Knee Replacement in Sweden In 2009, Stockholm County Council began to offer a bundled price for joint replacement (hip and knee), that includes: - Pre-op evaluation - Lab tests - Radiology - Surgery & related admission - Prosthesis - Drugs - Inpatient rehab, up to 6 days - 1 follow-up visit within 3 months - Any additional surgery to the joint within 2 years - If post-op infection requiring antibiotics occurs, guarantee extends to 5 years Eligibility is restricted to relatively healthy patients (i.e. ASA scores of 1 or 2) Same referral process as the traditional system Mandatory reporting to joint registry plus supplementary Provider participation is voluntary but all providers are involved 6 public hospitals, 4 private hospitals 3400 patients treated in 2009 The bundled price for a knee or hip replacement is about US $8,000 20
4. Integrate Care Delivery Across Separate Facilities Children s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) Hospital Affiliates Children s Hospital of Philadelphia Main Campus 21
Imperative of System Integration Confederation of Standalone Units/Facilities Integrated Care Delivery Network Increase volume Benefits limited to contracting and spreading fixed cost Increase value The network is more than the sum of its parts 22
Levels of System Integration Rationalize service lines/ IPUs across facilities to improve volume, avoid duplication, and concentrate excellence Offer specific services at the appropriate facility E.g. acuity level, cost level, need for convenience Patient referrals across units Clinically integrate care across facilities, within an IPU structure Expand and integrate care across facilities Consistent protocols and access to experts throughout the network (IT enabled) Connect ancillary service units to IPUs o E.g. home care, rehabilitation, behavioral health, social work, addiction treatment (organize within service units to align with IPUs) Better connect preventive/primary care units and specialty IPUs 23
5. Grow by Expanding Excellent IPUs Across Geography The Cleveland Clinic Managed Practices Swedish Medical Center, WA Cardiac Surgery Rochester General Hospital, NY Cardiac Surgery CLEVELAND CLINIC Cardiac Care Chester County Hospital, PA Cardiac Surgery Cape Fear Valley Health System, NC Cardiac Surgery Cleveland Clinic Florida Weston, FL Cardiac Surgery Grow in ways that improve value, not just volume 24
Models of Geographic Expansion Affiliation Agreements with Independent Provider Organizations Second Opinions and Telemedicine Dispersed Diagnostic Centers Convenience Sensitive Service Locations in the Community Complex IPU Components (e.g. surgery) in Additional Locations Specialty Hospitals as Hubs in Additional Locations New Broader- Line Hospital Hubs 25
A Mutually Reinforcing Strategic Agenda Organize into Integrated Practice Units Integrate Care Delivery Across Separate Facilities Measure Outcomes and Cost For Every Patient Grow Excellent Services Across Geography Move to Bundled Prices for Care Cycles Create an Enabling IT Platform 26
Value-Based Healthcare Delivery: Implications for Contracting Parties/Health Plans Payor Value-Added Health Organization 27
Value-Based Health Care: The Role of Employers Employer interests are more closely aligned with patient interests than any other system player Employers need healthy, high performing employees Employers bear the costs of chronic health problems and poor quality care The cost of poor health is 2 to 7 times more than the cost of health benefits o Absenteeism o Presenteeism Employers are uniquely positioned to improve employee health Daily interactions with employees On-site clinics for quick diagnosis and treatment, prevention, and screening Group culture of wellness Providers should establish direct relationships with employers to enable value based approaches 28
Value-Based Health Care Delivery: Implications for Government Remove obstacles to the restructuring of health care delivery around the integrated care of medical conditions Establish universal measurement and reporting of provider health outcomes Require universal reporting by health plans of health outcomes for members Shift reimbursement systems to bundled prices for cycles of care instead of payments for discrete treatments or services Open up competition among providers and across geography Mandate EMR adoption that enables integrated care and supports outcome measurement National standards for data definitions, communication, and aggregation Software as a service model for smaller providers Encourage greater responsibility of individuals for their health and their health care 29
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Coordinating Care Across IPUs Patients with Multiple Medical Conditions Integrated Diabetes Unit Integrated Cardiac Care Unit Integrated Breast Cancer Unit Integrated Osteoarthritis Unit The primary organizational structure for care delivery should be around the forms of integration required for every patient, or IPUs The current system is organized around the exception, not the rule Overlay mechanisms should manage coordination across IPUs The IPU model will greatly simplify coordination of care for patients with multiple medical conditions 31
The Outcomes Measures Hierarchy Acute Knee-Osteoarthritis Requiring Replacement Survival Mortality Degree of recovery / health Time to recovery or return to normal activities Disutility of care or treatment process (e.g., treatment-related discomfort, complications, adverse effects, diagnostic errors, treatment errors) Range of motion achieved Pain level achieved Functional level achieved Degree of independence Time to maximum range of motion Time to lowest pain level Time to highest functional level Time to post-deterioration independence Surgical pain Length of hospital stay independent of complications Deep vein thrombosis Delirium Infection rate (Urinary Tract) Ability to return to work Extent of return to physical activities Level of satisfaction with outcome Time to return to work Time to return to physical activities Pneumonia Pulmonary embolism Myocardial infarction Sustainability of recovery or health over time Long-term consequences of therapy (e.g., care-induced illnesses) Maintained range of motion Ongoing pain status Functional level Ability to live independently Loss of mobility due to inadequate rehab Complications of cardiac issues Risk of complex fracture 32 Ability to continue working Maintained activities Need for revision/re-operation (immediate failure, implant failure secondary to wear) Susceptibility to infection Stiff knee due to unrecognized complication Regional pain syndrome
Move to Bundled Prices for Care Cycles Fee for service Bundled reimbursement for medical conditions Global capitation Global budgeting 33
Practice Structure IPU structure First step is to increase consistency of protocols/processes across sites Virtual IPUs even if providers practice at different locations Case management structure spanning units where appropriate Physician Organization Employed physicians Formal affiliations with independent physicians Support service is an inducement for affiliation (E.g. IT, back office) Rotation of staff across locations Common Systems Common EMR platform which aggregates information across units Common outcome and process measurement systems Scheduling Common or federated patient scheduling service across units Cost Measurement Ability to accurately accumulate cost per patient across the entire care cycle Ability to measure cost by location Culture Management practices that foster affiliation with the organization, developing personal relationships, and regular contact among dispersed staff Enabling System Integration 34
Redefining Health Care Delivery Universal coverage and access to care are essential, but not enough The core issue in health care is the value of health care delivered Value: Patient health outcomes per dollar spent How to design a health care delivery system that dramatically improves patient value Ownership of entities is secondary (e.g. non-profit vs. for profit vs. government) How to construct a dynamic system that keeps rapidly improving 35
Creating a Value-Based Health Care System Significant improvement in value will require fundamental restructuring of health care delivery, not incremental improvements Today, 21 st century medical technology is often delivered with 19 th century organization structures, management practices, measurement, and pricing - Process improvements, care pathways, lean production, safety initiatives, disease management and other overlays to the current structure are beneficial but not sufficient - Consumers cannot fix the dysfunctional structure of the current system 36
Creating Competition on Value Competition for patients/subscribers is a powerful force to encourage restructuring of care and continuous improvement in value Today s competition in health care is not aligned with value Financial success of system participants Patient success Creating positive-sum competition on value is a central challenge in health care reform in every country 37
Principles of Value-Based Health Care Delivery The central goal in health care must be value for patients, not access, equity, volume, convenience, or cost containment Value = Health outcomes Costs of delivering the outcomes Outcomes are the full set of patient health outcomes over the care cycle Costs are the total costs of care for the patient s condition, not just the cost of a single provider or a single service 38